Celebration of St. Patricks Day
(Agencies)
Updated: 2006-03-18 10:54

Karim Simmons, of Queens, New York, watches as the St Patrick's Day Parade makes its way up 5th Avenue on 17 March, 2006, in New York City. The Irish diaspora and millions of others around the globe celebrated Saint Patrick's Day, one of the few national holidays to get worldwide attention with pageantry and razzmatazz ranging from boozy to religious. [AFP]